Jeremiah 46:7 - Exposition

Who is this, etc.? "Once more surprise at the [same] phenomenon recurs, and in a stronger form; a monstrous, devastating river appears to roll itself wildly along, overwhelming all countries: who is it? It is Egypt, which is now threatening to overrun the earth and to lay everything waste, whose various nationalities are advancing fully equipped" (Ewald). As a flood ; rather, as the Nile ( y'or, a word of Egyptian affinities, and only once used of another river than the Nile, Daniel 12:5 , Daniel 12:6 , Daniel 12:7 ). The naturalness of the figure in this context needs no exhibiting. It reminds us of Isaiah 8:7 , Isaiah 8:8 , where the Assyrian army is compared to the Euphrates. Are moved as the rivers; rather, toss themselves as the rivers. By the "rivers" the prophet means the branches of the Nile, which are described by the same word in Isaiah 19:8 ; Exodus 7:19 .